Home and Away’s Sunny Baldwin hospitalized again after rehab accident.
Next week on Home and Away in the UK, Remy vows to support Sunny after an accident at the rehab clinic as he keeps his impending radiotherapy secret. After being left paralyzed in the train crash, Sunny has begun the long road to recovery at a rehab facility.
Struggling to come to terms with the extent of his injuries with uncertainty as to whether it could be permanent. He has pushed girlfriend Dana away abruptly ending their relationship and making it clear he doesn’t want her involved.
Next week, Sunny’s frustration continues to build at the rehab center as he struggles to engage with the activities needed for his recovery. When Dana calls to say she understands why he’s pushing her away and that she’ll give him some space, Sunonny shuts her down, insisting is not simply pushing her away is ended things for good. But the reality of his situation quickly hits home when he accidentally drops his phone and is unable to reach it from his wheelchair.
Left stretching down towards it, he grows increasingly frustrated as it remains just out of reach. Dana’s voice still calling out to him on the line.
Warren later finds him still trying to retrieve it, only for Sunny to turn on him after learning he’d been speaking to Dana behind his back. When Dana arrives at the clinic to check on him, worried after the call suddenly cut out, Sunny is blunt and dismissive, cutting her off and ordering her to leave. When she tries to explain herself, he shuts her down completely, making it clear he wants her gone and telling her not to come back. Back inside, fellow resident Louie calls him out for ending things with Dana, warning he’ll regret it.
Sunny refuses to talk and attempts to wheel himself away, but in his haste, he clips a table, tipping himself out of the chair and crashing to the floor.
After Louie calls for help and staff lifts Sunny into his chair, Warren insists he needs to be taken to hospital. Sunonny resists, not wanting to make a fuss, but Warren points out that without any feeling in his legs.
There’s no way of knowing whether he’s been injured. Taken to hospital, Sunonny is soon given the allclear. But the incident forces a long overdue visit from Remy, who was surprised to learn that he has now been listed as Sunny’s emergency contact. Unaware that he’d dumped Dana, Remy has been keeping his distance. Not wanting to add to Sunny’s troubles by revealing his own brain tumor diagnosis.
Arriving at the hospital, Remy checks on Sunny only to be met with deflection.
Sunny brushing the whole thing off as a waste of time. Remy meets Warren, questioning how Sunny was able to fall, but Warren insists the hospital visit is precautionary and that they’re doing everything they can to support his recovery. Once Warren steps away to organize some transport back to rehab, Remy presses Sunny on what’s really going on. Sunonny initially snaps back, insisting Remy can’t understand what he’s dealing with. Yet his facade slips as he reflects on the fall, pointing out he didn’t even know if he’d been hurt.
For the first time, he openly questions if this is what his life looks like now.
Remy acknowledges the future Sunny is facing isn’t the one he planned, but insists that doesn’t mean he has to face it alone. When challenged on ending things with Dana, Sunonny explains she didn’t sign up for this and he’s freeing her from it. Even so, Sunny makes it clear there’s one person he does need, asking Remy directly if he can count on him. Remy doesn’t hesitate, assuring him he’ll be there. Returning to the rehab center with Sunny, Remy is introduced to Louie, who quickly fills him in pointing out that Sunny has been turning down all the activities on offer from basketball to wheelchair races. As they talk, the symptoms of Remy’s brain tumor begin to intrude. his hand seizing and his vision blurring as he steps outside.
Speaking to Warren, Remy learns just how much support Sunny will need months of rehab and potentially long-term help beyond the clinic if there’s any chance of him walking again. The scale of that commitment is confronting, particularly given Remy’s own situation, but Remy promises to be there for him as Sunny finally resolves to knuckle down. The following day, Remy prepares to begin radiotherapy with Eden firmly by his side. At the hospital, the pair wait to be called through, trying to keep things light as Remy admits he briefly lost his vision the day before. When his name is finally called, Eden is forced to stay behind as Remy heads into the treatment room alone. There, he is fitted with a mold that will harden to hold his head firmly in place. a claustrophobic process as it’s secured tightly over his face while he lies still for the procedure. As Rey’s grueling radiotherapy treatment begins, will it be enough to shrink his tumor?
